i don't think there's a need to rush, as apple stores seem to have sufficient stock when it comes to notebooks. though, i'm planning to stop by the store again during lunch on friday after i've read enough reviews.

Has anyone actually confirmed with a store that they will have inventory starting tomorrow on sandy bridge MBAs?

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I didn't confirm with a store.

However I did speak with an Apple representative on their website (with their store chat), and the Apple rep said that Canada would have the Macbook Airs available at their retail stores tomorrow (the 21st).

My local store told me they'd actually hold the machine for me, after keeping me there for 40 minutes and then realizing that they couldn't actually sell them yet. However, I'll probably still head over at store opening (10 AM) just to avoid any chance of it not being available anymore (I highly doubt it though). Apple doesn't sell out of any of the Macs in stores. That's much more of an iDevice thing. Most people don't even know there's a difference between these and the old ones, or even that they're released at all.

My local store told me they'd actually hold the machine for me, after keeping me there for 40 minutes and then realizing that they couldn't actually sell them yet. However, I'll probably still head over at store opening (10 AM) just to avoid any chance of it not being available anymore (I highly doubt it though). Apple doesn't sell out of any of the Macs in stores. That's much more of an iDevice thing. Most people don't even know there's a difference between these and the old ones, or even that they're released at all.

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Same here (except mine consistently said yesterday that they wouldn't have them in stock until today).

Same here (except mine consistently said yesterday that they wouldn't have them in stock until today).

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It's been a mess. Some stores were able to sell a couple. Some stores had them but ended up being unable to sell them due to the new machines not being in the system. Some stores got them but didn't want to bother selling them yet. And some stores simply didn't get them. I wonder if the Lion launch kept Apple so busy that they dropped the ball on getting the MBA sales set up properly.

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